Tag: Interviews

thesixosix: A Netflix for Designer Clothes

09.04.12, 10:34am Comments (2)

thesixosix aims to give fashion-conscious sharers a helping hand by providing a community closet to pull from... a Netflix-esque service for designer clothing. Read more »

Open-Source Platform Adds Transparency to Municipal Credit Rating

By Michel Bauwens

08.08.12, 12:47pm Comments (1)

Marc Joffe believes that the solution to future economic problems is to have more transparent government bond ratings, so he created an open source rating model. Read more »

'Money & Life' Doc Frames New Economy of Living Systems

By Kelly McCartney

08.06.12, 8:29am Comments (1)

Director Katie Teague discusses the emerging economy of living systems that is represented in her new documentary, Money & Life. Read more »

Interviewed: Raj Patel, Author of The Value of Nothing

By Jonny Gordon-Farleigh

07.02.12, 10:09am Comments (0)

Jonny Gordon-Farleigh interviews Raj Patel about how sustainable, local food movements counter globalization's effects both economically and environmentally. Read more »

Crowdfunding the Commons: Goteo.org Interview

By Felix Stalder

06.12.12, 9:02pm Comments (4)

An interview with the founders of Goteo.org, a crowdfunding platform for creative projects that serve the common good. Read more »

Homestead Skillshare Fest Teaches DIY for the Urban Home

By Neal Gorenflo

05.29.12, 9:26am Comments (0)

This past Saturday, I took the family to the Homestead Skillshare Festival in San Francisco and interviewed Mira Luna, one of the organizers. She clued me into how the festival serves a larger purpose of community resilience and sufficiency. Read more »

Barter-Based School Goes Global [INTERVIEW]

By Tal Beery

05.22.12, 5:47pm Comments (4)

A school where the teachers teach whatever they want and the students pay with whatever teachers need — not with money. Caroline Woolard discusses the challenges and opportunities for Trade Schools. Read more »

Playborhoods: Placemaking for Kids

By Neal Gorenflo

05.13.12, 9:38am Comments (10)

Childhood has been enclosed. Time to re-establish the play commons and rescue our kids from boredom, obesity and depression. Read more »

Curvy Life: An Interview with Alan Moore

By Michel Bauwens

04.13.12, 12:26pm Comments (0)

The P2P Foundation's Michel Bauwens and Shareable's Neal Gorenflo chat with Alan Moore, founder of the innovation consultancy firm SMLXL and author of the new book No Straight Lines: Making Sense of a Non-Linear World. Read more »